Door fastener



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Patented Juney 3, ,1930

RALPH. ivroon'r,`

or* Roisin, fonio l noon FAs'rn'iinn o y*Animation med April 11,1928, `sei-iai My. present invention has reference tol all y Y .1

ment `may be successfully.- employed :upon j new and novel latching means for doors for effectively holding a door in closed position, together with means for A"influencing the l., latching means to release the doorto permit opening thereof. Y Y i. o

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawi ings which form part of the application, .with the understanding, however, that the-r ini- Y proveinent is vcapableof extended application 'and 'is not. confined tothe exact showingV of the drawings norto the preciseconstrue! tion described and,'therefore, suchy changes and modifications may be made therefrom as do not affect the spirit-'of the invention nor exceed the scope thereofV aseXpres'sed inthe In the drawings: I 'Y I Y Figure l is a horizontal sectionalY VView through a pair of doors such" as those employed in connection with an automobile l; garage to illustrate the application of*` my improvement thereon. y. Figure 2 is a greatly enlarged sectional` view approximately on the'line 2-2 of Fig- Figure 3 is a frontelevation of the device as illustrated by VFigure 2. 'v

Figure 4 is a` horizontal sectional view 'showing the door swung to openposition and the latching element engaged by a spring catch for holding the' door in such open position. Figure is aneleva-tion' of theilatch and the supporting elementtherefor.A Y

Figure 6 is a detail elevation showing the 6" Y Figure 7 is aosectional view approximately on rthe line'7-7 of Figure 6. l

While my improvementis preferably designed for use inY connection with garage sa doors, obviously the sameis not to bere- `preferably adjustably secured `by means ll I ub.w 269,233. Renewed Yapril '-1187, 1930. p f stricted in its useful capacity as the improveother types ofdoorsand as a matter-,of-fact,

as a lla'tchi'ng means for ,anyjswingable ele.-

inent. In Figure 1 of .the drawings, the nu-fv meral'l 'designates the posts uponwhichthe Y doofrsQ-.eZ are hinged. 1. Thehingeposts il are coimeotcd,V vat the. top thereof,by1aibeam or lintel 3, and on the Linder face` of this beam or `lintel theroissecured a stop strip ,llfor the doors. In vthe showing ofthe drawings the.door;2,gadjacentV to its outer or jfreefedge"` has boltedaor` otherwise secured .thereonthe' verticalarm ofan anglelo'racket-5. The hori;`

zo'ntaljarm of this bracketis indicatedfordistinction ,by thenumeral 6. Tothe end of the. verticaliarmhof'the bracket there lis Y. hingedly secured, as at Z, apl-ate'. The plate l 8, andthe horizontal arm 6 ofthe-bracket l5 j 65l are formed with oppositely disposed lugsor bosses around V whichare arrangedv the end coils of a helicallspr'ing 9. y.The elements 6 and Y v8 are also preferably provided Vwith clips lO toengage with'the saidrend coilsfof the l p.

spring. o Y 1 On the upper. yface of the plate Sthereis an angle plate 112,fw/liose` widened and straight facev of thev abutment .strip 4- for holding .y the doors latched. Y Y

"face is-fdesignedrtocontaotfwith the inner The'outer onfree end ofthe plate; Slis- Ypreferably provided with a depending eyel 'to which Vthere .-is secured one end of a flexible ejlementfsuchwasa chain 14, the latter beingn trainedV through an opening 15 in the-door 2 and havin g attachedfto its outer or end link.

apull element 16; Obviously a pull upon the flexible,element'` from` the exterior of the doonwillswingthe yplateS against the te'n-V sionof the rspring Qtobringthe cam element lZthereon out Vof engagement with the strip "4. and'l thereby p'ermitwthe free.'l opening ofthe doori Q'The Yspring A9 isof suchE strengthfthat ,the s121968 .vill be normally, ,Sustained in siA Y. Y

f horizontal position, ory stop means may be lprovided for so holding the plate. The ring 0r hand grip on the end 0i' theV chain may likewise contact with thedoor for preventing theswinging of the plate 8V in its horizontal position.` Also the free end of the plate is preferably curved downwardly, as at 17, so

. that when the door is swung to closed posiwhen swung to closed position and likewise an extremely simple operating means for releasing the latch when the door is to be opened. i

'The latchng means may be arranged at the top or at'the sides of the door, the latter arrangementbeing disclosed by Figures 4 to 7 of the drawings. In these i'igures a single door is employed and is indicated by the numeral `18. This door is hinged, as at 19, to a garage or like building 20. ment strip when in closed position, in Figure 7 of the drawings, is indicated by the numeral 21. The latch construction, in this instance, is horizontally instead of vertically varranged as previously described and the plate 21 that carries the cam element 22 is hinged at a portion of its length, as at 23,

' to the spring carrying vbracket 24 which is secured to the door.

The plate 21 passes through an opening 25 in the door, the side walls provided by this opening being disposed at opposite angles. On the outer end of the plate 21 there is ixed a head member 26 which is round in plan, and this head member, when the door is swung to open position is designed to have one of its sides engaged by an arched spring catch 27 that is fixed by 'means 28 to the outer face of the structure 20. With this arrangement the employment of the pull chain 14C is dispensed with, as the headed vend of the plate which is Vdisposed adjacent to the outer face of the door serves as a means whereby the latch may be f swung to unlatching position, it being, of

course, understood that the head 26' is automatically engagedy by the spring catch 27 when the door is swung to fully open position.

Having described the invention, I claim:

The combination with a structure having a hinged door closing an opening therein, and an abutment strip for the door, of an angle bracket iXedly secured to the door, a plate hingedly secured to one end of the angle bracket, spring means between the plate and the second end of the angle bracket for holding the latter at a right angle with respect The vertical abutto the door, a. cam element adjustably secured on the plate to engage with the strip when the door is closed and means for swinging the plate to bring the cam out of such i RALPH MOODT. 

